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jmski52
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How would you clean it so that it looked like brand-new copper?
Let me be clear about this - I want freshly-exposed copper molecules on the surface of the coin.
Acid? Some kind of etching bath? Heavy buffing wheel?
(Let's just assume that I paid too much and bought a batch of Indian Cents that will never be salvageable.)
Let me be clear about this - I want freshly-exposed copper molecules on the surface of the coin.
Acid? Some kind of etching bath? Heavy buffing wheel?
(Let's just assume that I paid too much and bought a batch of Indian Cents that will never be salvageable.)
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I'm more concerned about its "longterm" effects.
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Maybe I should get one of those corncob burnishing tumblers?
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These must have been someone's culls. I've culled the culls and what you are telling me is - that in a few years I will have some bent, corroded, worn and red Indian Cent remnants.
I wonder what causes the reddening? Maybe I should acetone half of them when they come back to see if that makes any difference.
I'm more in my element when it comes to petrochemicals, but not plating chemicals.
On another note, there are 2 of these that have fields that were made to look Unc but the coin is obviously worn and VG at best. I've seen this before. Does anyone know what caused that sort of effect? I have to believe that the whole coin was brightened and then the high points tarnished but the fields didn't (as much). Any thoughts on that?
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If we are both lucky, in due time he'll get to see some original D.Carr coins, some 19th Century European Crowns, some American Silver Eagles, some exquisite Large Cents, some rolls of Proof Silver Franklins, some mid-1960's Special Mint Sets, some bulk Wheat Cents saved by his other grandfather, and a couple thousand BU clad Kennedys from the early2000's. And that's only a start. Rest easy, he's going to learn about coins.
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That's for later - in case they start to tarnish.
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<< <i>I've heard cyanide works in the short term
I'm more concerned about its "longterm" effects.
Regardless of what you do as far as a dip in either cyanide or something else, you'll end up with a dull, lifeless, more pink than copper colored coin.
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